Abdominal supporter.



M. W. FBRRIS'.

ABDOMINAL SUPPOBTEB.

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Patented Oct. 25. 1910.

WITNESSES."

all fuihom it may concern: 'lle it known that. 'l..\lljnn.\r ll'. lamas, "a` citizen of the. lnited States. and a resident UNITED s'rATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

NIURRAYv W. FERRIS, OF SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

ABDOMINAL snrron'rnn.

fot' South (,)rangei1r the eonnty of llssex uewmnld lniprored Abdol'uinal Supporte-r. iil"whi h the following ifs a fnll` clear. alld Ae u't dt-seriptiolr The inyeutiou relates to wearing apparel, audits objet-l is to provide certain new and u's'et'ul improvements in abdominal support-` ers. \\'he.reby tlu` abdominal pad is held at all'tiines in proper supporting position l'ela- .lire to the. abdomen of the. wearer. and withv ontdanger of the pad slipping upward and lout of' snl'iporting position. at the same time allowing sufficient yielding for the comfort of the wearer. and permitting convenient adjustment for accurately fittingr the wearers. body.- "l"o r the purpose mentioned an ab doii'inal vpad'isl eol'uieeted at the lower por. tionfot' its sides with bael: straps` terminati'; g i n'. slto||lder loops. the bael\P straps exulingebliquely rearward and npward'to wat the back of the wearer. and the shoulder loop ofthe back strap at oneside two sections A and A', connected with each other at the front. by buttons Bor other snitable fastening devices, and the sides of the )ad sections A and A" are connected by aces C, C' with hip pieces D, D', connected with each other at the back by a lacin E. To the lower portions of the sides o the abdominal pad sections A, A are secured the back stra )s F, F', extending obliqnely rearward an upward over the hip pieces D, D', to cross at; the back of the wearer, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. The back G, engaging op' osite shoulders of t wearer, that is theack `strap F extending around the left side of the wearer hasit-s stra s F and F' terminate in shoulder loolris e Specification of Lett-ers Patent. Patented Off. '25. 1 9.1 0. application amanece-miner 8,1909. Serial-No. 5a2 ,o31.

.shoulder loop G engaging the rie'ht'hand shoulder of the wearer, while tlie other shoulderv loop G' engages the left-hand shoulder of the. wearer. The shoulder loops G and G are preferably of the eonstruction .shown and described in the Letters Patent' ot' the United States for ashonlder brace, llo. 903,073, granted to nie November 3,' 1908, so that further detail description of this part of the abdominal supporter is not deemed necessary. The. back straps I9, lt" are each preferably made in two parts, las.` tened together b v a lacing lf2, asindieated in Fig. 1.

'lo the lower ends of the abdoniinal pad sections A, A' are secured hose supporters'l-l, and similar hose su )porters H' are attached to the. lower ends ol the hippieces D, D'at or near the front and rear ends thereof.

The abdominal pad, formed of the parts ,L andA as well asthe hip pieces DQ 1)' and the back straps il", l", are Ln'eferably made of non-elastic material, and the ab doi'ninalpad follows at the frontv a eompound eui'ye, as plainlyv indicated in Fig. 2, lso that the lower )o1-tion of theI pad extends inward, to properlly fit the lower portion of the abdomen, while the upper portion is curved somewhat outwardlyY from the waist upward, tolit the body of the wearer at this joint.. Now by extending Ithe, back sti-aps P, A1"' from the lower portion of the sides of the body sections A, and passing the same obliqnely upward and rearward, a corresponding pull-1s exerted on 4the lower portion .of the abdominal pad sections .-1 and A', so' that, the p ad properly,supports the alidonen, without. danger of the. pad slippimIr upward, as no vertical pull but. a diagonapull across the back of thc wearer is exerted on the pad sections.

It will be noticed, by reference to Figs. land 2, that the back straps F and F.' cross the waist line of the wearer at or immediately in the rear of the sides, so thatthe pull exerted on the abdominal pad is eX- erted in the right direction. By crossing t-he back straps'F, F' on the back of the wearer and connecting the same with oppo- ,site shoulders, the device acts as e shoulder brace, thus insuring an upright, healthy carriage of the wearer, at the same time sucient yieldin is vhad for the comfort of the wearer. T e hip pieces D and D are preferably extended downward at the front, a distance below the lower ends of the sides of the abdominal pad sections A and A as plainly indicated in Fi 2, so that the hip pieces D and D exten .properly over the.-4 ips of the wearer. It will also b enoticed that by .attaching the hose supporters H andl H in the manner described 'and shown, a straight downwardpull is exerted on the abdommal supporter to reduce an tendency dominal pad, the said back straps crossing at the back of the wearer and their shoulder loops engaging op )osite shoulders, the said back straps exten ing obliquely, upwardly and rearwardly from the lower` ortions of the sides of the said abdominall pad and passing over the said hi pieces.. the said straps-exerting a rearn-artv and upward pull on the lower portion of the abdominal pad from the o )posite shoulders of the wearerff 2. 'An alidominal supporter, comprisin' an abdominal pad made in sections fastened together at the front, hip pieces laced to thesides of the said pad sections and fas tened together at the ba'ck, and crossing back stra )s secured to the lower side portions of, tllle sections of the vpad and extending rearwardly and .upwardly over the said hip pieces, the said backstraps terminating in shoulder loops for engagement with the wearers shoulders.

3. An abdominal supporter, comprsin an abdominal pad made 1n sections fastene 'together at the front, hip pieces laced to the si es of the said pad sections and laced together at the back, the said hip pieces being extended downward beyond the sides of the pad sections, and crossing back straps secured to the lower side portions of the pad sections, vadjacent to the lacing connection with the hip pieces, vand extending rear# wardly and upwardly over the said lacing connection and said hip pieces, the sai 'back straps termlnatlng 111..,sl1oulder loops for engagement with the wearers-s'houlders. 4. An abdominal supporter, comprisin an abdominal pad made in sections fastene together at the front, hip pieces laced to the sides of the said pad and secured together at -the back, and crossing back straps secured vi'or securing them together at the front, the

lower portion of the pad sections extending vinwarc to properly fit the lower portion of the abdomen, hip pieces laced to the side edges of the pad sections and adapted to be secured together at the back of the wearer, tlle'said hip pieces extending (.lownward at the front below the lower ends of 'the sides of the pad sections, and lau-k straps secured to the lower portion of the front pad seetions at the sides thereof, and extending obliquely rearward and upward, the said straps vcrossin the ylacing connections between the pa sections and the hip pieces and assing across the said hip pieces, the said ack straps crossing the waist line of the' wearer at the sides and crossing each other at the back of the wearer and terminating in shoulder loops.

. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MURRAY W. FERRIS.

Witnesses: THEO. G. Hos'rnn,

I l PHILIP D. RoLLHaUs. 

